Each division has 4 daily tasks which can be completed for 1 fame point each. These fame points can be accumulated and eventually used to purchase the Cave Explorer outfits and addons. You require 100 fame to complete the full outfit, which will take a minimum of 25 days.

Because of its difficulty, it is recommended to bring a fairly large team.

If you lose a quest item, the NPC Gnomux will sell all items required.

Upper Spike Tasks

These tasks are available if your character is in the level range 25-49. Ask Gnomilly on the 2nd floor of the Spike for missions. Receive all missions (pacifiers, release, track, kill), and then leave the area using the large crystal teleporter.

Ghost Pacifiers

Having received the pacifiers tasks from Gnomilly, search the first 3 floors of the Spike for Ghost Pacifiers. Use the Tuning Fork on the ghost pacifiers 7 times. You can use the same pacifier once every 2 minutes.

Malevolent Presence

Having received the track task from Gnomilly, use the Ghost Detector on the 3 floors to see which directions to go. This spot may be different for everyone doing the quest. When you are in the correct spot, use the Ghost Detector again. Note that the Ghost Detector will only ever say northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.

Killing Demon Skeletons

Middle Spike Tasks

These missions are available if you are in the level range 50-79. Receive all the missions from Gnombold on the 4th floor.

It is strongly recommended for mages to bring a Terra Set and use Fire attacks because all of the monsters in this division deal earth damage and most are weak to fire. Be very careful of the Crystalcrushers, the hardest monsters in the division.

Mages are the best vocation to do those tasks, if you aren't a mage then ask a mage to assist you. There are alot of monsters at the same time. Some of those monsters are strong to physical damage, this makes it very annoying for a EK or RP to do those tasks solo.

Destroy Nests

Having received the nests task, go to the south side of the inner Spike (the safe zone) and step between the crystal structures to disguise as a Mutated Bat. Now enter the cave and search for nests. You can only use nests when disguised,you need to destroy 8 nests. A nest will "repair" itself after one to two minutes and can then be used again.

Nests can be found at the

Turn in the task for 2000 experience and 1 fame point.

Fertilising Mushrooms

Having received the fertilise task, search the caves for large mushrooms. Use the fertiliser on the mushrooms. You must do this 4 times on different mushrooms, it isn't possible to fertilise the same mushroom twice. This counts per player, so both you and your friend can fertilise the same mushroom.

Mushrooms can be found at the

Turn in the task for 2000 experience and 1 fame point.

Geomantic Charges

For this task you need to find magnetic monolithes and use the loadstone on the charged monolith. Using it once gives you a partically charged loadstone, using it on two charged monolithes gives you a highly charged loadstone on the 3th use you will get the message: 13:16 You have charged you body with geomantic energy and can report about it.

Monolithes will recharge themself in around one to two minutes and can be used again then. It is possible that you get teleported to a random place in the cave!

Undercover Contacts

Having received the undercover task, enter the caves and find each of the undercover gnomish agents. The NPCs are disguised as monsters and have names like "A Vulcongra", "A Nightmare Scion". When you find each of them, say hi to them to receive their report. You must talk to three of them. After doing so, you may report your mission.

The approximate location of the undercover gnomish agents can be seen marked with a

Temperature Gauging

Having received the temperature task, enter the caves and search for lava pools. The hot spot is the same for each player, but changes each day with Server Save and it can be on any of the 3 Lower Spike floors. Use the Thermometer to check for a hotspot near the lava pools. When you receive the message Whew! That was that hot, it melted the thermometer! At least you've found the hot spot!, report back to Gnomargery.

Rewards

Transcripts

Upper Spike Tasks

Ghost Pacifiers

Player: pacifiers
Gnomilly: We need you to recharge our ghost pacifiers. They are placed at several strategic points in the caves around us and should be easy to find. Your mission would be to charge seven of them.
Gnomilly: If you are interested, I can give you some more information about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomilly: Gnometastic! Take this resonance charger and use it on seven of the pacifiers in the cave. If you lose the charger, you'll have to bring your own. Gnomux sells all the equipment that is required for our missions.

Angry Spirits

Player: release
Gnomilly: Your task would be to use a spirit shovel to release some spirit's anger from graves that can be found all around here. If you are interested, I can give you some more information about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomilly: Gnometastic! Take this spirit shovel and use it on four graves in the cave system. If you lose the shovel you'll have to bring your own. Gnomux sells all the equipment that is required for our missions.

Malevolent Presence

Player: track
Gnomilly: You'd be given the highly important task to track down an enormously malevolent spiritual presence in the cave system. Use your tracking device to find out how close you are to the presence.
Gnomilly: Use that information to find the residual energy and use the tracker there. If you are interested, I can give you some more information about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomilly: Gnometastic! Use this tracking device in the caves and locate the residual spirit energy. If you lose the tracking device, you'll have to bring your own. Gnomux sells all the equipment that is required for our missions.

Killing Demon Skeletons

Player: kill
Gnomilly: We need someone to reduce the steadily growing number of demon skeletons in the caves. If you are interested, I can give you some more information about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomilly: Gnometastic! Just go out and kill them. You should find more of them than you like.

Lower Spike Tasks

Player: hi
Gnomargery: Hi!
Player: job
Gnomargery: I'm the officer responsible for this {area}. I give out {missions}, accept mission {reports} and oversee our defences.
Player: mission
Gnomargery: I can offer you several missions: to {deliver} parcels to our boys and girls in the battlefield, to get reports from our {undercover} gnomes, to do some {temperature} measuring and to {kill} some drillworms.

Parcel Delivery

Player: deliver
Gnomargery: We need someone to bring four parcels to some of our far away outposts in the caverns. If you are interested, I can give you some more {information} about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomargery: Gnometastic! Here are the parcels. Regrettably, the labels got lost during transport; but I guess those lonely gnomes won't mind as long as they get ANY parcel at all. ...
Gnomargery: If you lose the parcels, you'll have to get new ones. Gnomux sells all the equipment that is required for our missions.

Example talking with the NPCs (you need 4):

Gnome Trooper: Do you have {something} to deliver?
Player: something
Gnome Trooper: It's a pipe! What can be more relaxing for a gnome than to smoke his pipe after a day of duty at the front. At least it's a chance to do something really dangerous after all!

Gnome Trooper: Do you have {something} to deliver?
Player: something
Gnome Trooper: Ah, a letter from home! Oh - I had no idea she felt that way! This is most interesting!

Gnome Trooper: Do you have something to deliver?
Player: something
Gnome Trooper: It's a model of the gnomebase Alpha! For self-assembly! With toothpicks...! Yeeaah...! I guess.

Delivering the mission:

Player: report
Gnomargery: What mission do you want to report about: the {delivery} of parcels, the {undercover} reports, the {temperature} measuring or {kill} of drillworms?
Player: delivery
Gnomargery: You have done well. Here, take your reward.

Undercover Contacts

Player: undercover
Gnomargery: Someone is needed to get three reports from our undercover agents posing as monsters in the caves around us. If you are interested, I can give you some more {information} about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomargery: Gnometastic! Get three reports from our agents. You can find them anywhere in the caves around us. Just keep looking for monsters that behave strangely and give you a wink.

Example talking with the NPCs (you need 3):

a Vulcongra: Pssst! Keep it down! <gives you an elaborate report on monster activity>

a Nightmare Scion: Pssst! Keep it down! <gives you an elaborate report on monster activity>

a Humorless Fungus: Pssst! Keep it down! <gives you an elaborate report on monster activity>

Delivering the mission:

Player: report
Gnomargery: What mission do you want to report about: the {delivery} of parcels, the {undercover} reports, the {temperature} measuring or {kill} of drillworms?
Player: undercover
Gnomargery: You have done well. Here, take your reward.

Temperature Gauging

Player: temperature
Gnomargery: Your task would be to use a gnomish temperature measurement device - short GTMD - to locate the hottest spot at the lava pools in the caves. If you are interested, I can give you some more information about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomargery: Gnometastic! Find the hottest spot of the lava pools in the caves. If you lose the GTMD before you find the hot spot, you'll have to get yourself a new one. Gnomux sells all the equipment that is required for our missions.

Server Log when you use the thermometer while being on any spot:

This is not the hot spot!

Server Log when when you use the thermometer while being on the hot spot:

Whew! That was that hot, it melted the thermometer! At least you've found the hot spot!

Delivering the mission:

Player: report
Gnomargery: What mission do you want to report about: the {delivery} of parcels, the {undercover} reports, the {temperature} measuring or {kill} of drillworms?
Player: temperature
Gnomargery: You have done well. Here, take your reward.

Drillworm Killing

Player: kill
Gnomargery: This mission will require you to kill some drillworms for us. If you are interested, I can give you some more {information} about it. Are you willing to accept this mission?
Player: yes
Gnomargery: Gnometastic! You should have no trouble finding enough drillworms.

Delivering the mission:

Player: report
Gnomargery: What mission do you want to report about: the {delivery} of parcels, the {undercover} reports, the {temperature} measuring or {kill} of drillworms?
Player: kill
Gnomargery: You have done well. Here, take your reward.

Cave Explorer Outfit and Addons

Player: worthy
Gnommander: You can acquire the {basic} outfit for 1000 Gold, the {first} addon for 2000 gold and the {second} addon for 3000 gold. Which do you want to buy?